Welcome to Hope for the Caregiver, here on American • • Family Radio. This is Peter Rosenberger, and this is • • • the program for you as a family • caregiver, for those of you who are putting yourself between a chronically impaired loved one and even worse disaster. • • • • • • How are you doing? How you holding up? What's going on with you? • You're the reason we do the program. • • • There are 65 million people here in America alone who are doing this every • single day. • • • Now, it could be a variety of things. • • You could have somebody that is dealing with Parkinson's. You could have somebody who is dealing with • • • addiction, • • trauma, • • • mental illness, • • • whatever. Whenever there's a chronic impairment, • • • there is always • • • a family caregiver • • who struggles to stay strong and healthy as they take care of someone • • who is • not. • • And this program is for that person, because healthy caregivers • do indeed • make better • caregivers. And I'm bringing four • • decades of experience to help you • do just that. When you hire somebody to come and • • • help out at your house, what is the stereotypical • • • • cliche • • response? • When you • • • talk, uh, about the duties of the house? They will always say, • • I don't do what? • • • • • • • And I'll tell you • • what came to my mind with this. • Uh, while you're mulling over that answer. • • • Uh, my mother was, um. My mother was interviewing somebody to come and help her because the lady that did that on, • • um, Mondays or so, • • • has left. Uh, she's moved away. • • And so she had a lady come by the house to sit down and talk with my mother about things. And she said, well, I don't do this, and I don't do this. And I got a bad back, and I got this. • • You know, my mother's almost 90. • • And this woman is telling. And she's. • This woman that's coming to interview is not almost 90. • • • • And finally, after listening to her • • rattle off all the things that were afflicting her life and what she couldn't do, my mother looked at her and said, well, what can you do? • • • • • • • • • • • And mom told me later, she says, we. • • We parted. • • • You know, we. We left as friends, but she left. And that was good. • • • • I thought that was pretty funny. But most people will come in with the list of things that they won't do. • • And at the top of that list is • what • • I won't do. • • • • • • Windows. • • Won't do windows. • You ever found somebody that would come and do your windows? • • People still want to do them. • • Well, the other day I • • • was cleaning windows, • • • and I was reflecting on. • • • No, uh, pun intended. • I was reflecting on why we installed so many M and the size of the windows that we have • • • • now, when we built this addition to our home, • • um, this little cabin, we modified, and they built this • • • • • • handicap, um, • • accessible bedroom suite for Gracie. So because she has to spend so much time • • in. In bed, and certainly for the last seven years, she's had to deal with this being flat on her back a lot. • • • And when she doesn't have her prosthetic legs on, she's, you know, • • • in bed. • Um, they don't want her sitting in her wheelchair because it's going to bend her back up again. • So we have to be real careful with that. So I thought, okay, I need to build a room that's going to make it a lot easier to take care of her and a lot easier for her to receive guests and have a spacious place. And she can't get outside as much. But we live • • • in this • • just amazingly beautiful area. • • So I want her to be able to feel like she's outside. • • • And so, • • uh, we have these very, very large windows installed. • • And • • • I was cleaning them • • and. And that was, um, you know, • • • no small task. • • So the. The guy that. When we bought these windows, the guy came up here, the, the window • representative, um, • • for the company, • • • • and • • he said, look, my goal is for people to walk in here and say, • • • • what a view, not what great windows. You really don't want people seeing your windows, • • if you follow my drift. • • You know, the point is that the best windows are the ones you don't notice. • • They allow you to see beyond them and see through them. But if you're noticing the windows • • and not the view, • • • • particularly when you live in a place that has a view, like what we have here • • of the mountains and so forth, • • • • well, uh, you may have missed the mark. • • • • • • So • • • • we want to make sure that our windows are clean. Well, that's hard to do out here sometimes. You know, we don't have a paved driveway. • • We don't live • anywhere near a paved road. So there's a lot of dirt, dust, and we get a lot of heavy winds, and, you know, the windows get dirty. • • • And then when you, • • you know, you open them up or • • • • • • • the sun hits it, right? And you see all of this • • • • • muck • • and grime on the windows, and you're like, uh, you know, I know there's mountains behind there somewhere, but all I see is the dirt, you know, kind of thing. And you want to get out and clean the windows. I couldn't help but think about the Apostle Paul. You know, he wrote, for now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. • • Well, you Know, of course, he was speaking of an ancient mirror, not a Montana picture window. But. But. But I understand • • • • a bit more about the point he was making. When we're faced with things like pain and fear and exhaustion, you know, it could grab up our windows. It could grab up the mirror. We can't see very well, • • • and it just kind of obfuscates everything. • And • • • • • the burden we carry • • • • • takes up most of our view. • • • • • • Some people carry loads that are too big for anyone else to lighten. We just can't do that very well. Sometimes. • • • • • • I can't change the diagnosis. • • • You know, we can't restore what has been lost. • • • • And sometimes. I found you. Check me out on this. You're a caregiver. • • • We can't, uh, very well explain why some of the burdens remain. We struggle for words on that. We can't do those things, but • • • • • • • • • maybe we can clean the glass. • • • • • • • • • • • 40 years of this. I've been doing this for Gracie, and I've learned • how much of this remains beyond my control. I can't • • • • • move • her mountains, • • • • • • • • • • • • but I can help her see the mountains outside our window a little more clearly. • • • • • • •
So much imagery • • • • in poetry and literature and scripture, in • • film • is about looking to the mountains for strength and for • • • inspiration and so forth. You know, think about the Sound of Music when the Reverend Mother was singing to, uh, Julie Andrews, uh, character Maria, Climb every mountain. And • • • • it's juxtaposed against the Austrian Alps. And • • • it just. • • There's something about the mountains • • • that lift our eyes and lift our spirits. • • • • • • • Maybe sometimes that's all I can do, • is clean the window so she could see the mountains a little bit better. • • • • • • • • When someone faces an immense burden, • • • uh, washing the windows can seem pitifully small, • • but small is not the same thing as • • • meaningless • • • • • • • • • right now. • • By the way, we have a lot of smoke in our valley. It comes from all these forest fires around. Some in Canada, • • some in Idaho. I don't know if we have some anywhere here in Montana close to us, but they're. They're around. • • • • I can't do anything about that. • • • • • That's. That's way beyond my pay grade and my skill set. • • • And by cleaning the windows today, it's going to help me see the smoke a little more clearly. That's. • • That's what we're doing. I mean, you know, the smoke is there. We can't see the view. But I'm cleaning the windows, but. But you just have a better view of smoke. • • • • But I still clean them • • because I know that the promise of Montana weather • • • is that the smoke will not last forever. • • The rains are going to come. • • When's going to blow away. Snow is going to come, • and that magnificent view • will • • soon fill our windows. • • • • • God promises that suffering and heartache • • • • won't last • forever either. • • • • • • And our small acts of care • that we're doing as caregivers • • • • don't make all things new, • • • • but we do them • • • because we trust the One who will. • • • • • • • We take care of what is in our reach, what is at our hand to do, • • • even though the task may seem pitifully small at times. • • • • • • • Cleaning the windows. I do windows. I don't know if you do windows, but I do windows. • • And as I was cleaning the windows the other day, I thought, • • • • • this is • • • not going to make her legs grow back. It's not going to take away her pain, • • • • but it is going to allow her to see • • • • • the beauty of God's creation and lift her spirits, • • • • • even • if right now the valley is covered with smoke. • • • • • • • We take care of what's at our hand to do and trust God with what is not. My job • • that day was to clean the windows. • • • • And by the way, I found out where I, uh, missed a few spots, so I got to go back and work on that. But that's my job, to clean the windows. • • • The smoke's still there, • • • • but the windows are clean. • • • • • • • • That's my job. • • • • The view belongs to God, • • and that is hope for the caregiver. We'll be right back. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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Welcome back to Hope for the Caregiver. This is Peter Rosenberger, and I am so very glad to be with you. Hopeforthecaregiver.com • • hopeforthecaregiver dot com while you're out there, you're going to see • • • quite a bit of information I have on my website. • • • • There's a book out there that right now you may be just overwhelmed as a caregiver. • • • Actually, I have several books and you can • • pick • • • your choice of them. One of them is • • a, uh, minute for caregivers when every day feels like Monday. • • • And they're just little one minute vignettes that you can read • of things that I've learned, put down and observed. And it's just something to get you • • • • to a place of safe ground just for the day. I mean, just, just for right now. I don't write things to, to help you in six months learn how to deal with this. I deal with stuff that's today. • • I've got another book out called • A Caregiver's Companion. And it's scriptures, hymns and insights I've learned from 40 years of this. And what I'll do is I'll take just a quote, uh, of, uh, something I've said here on this program or written in an article or, • • or • said just in passing. • • • A lot of times I'll tell a caregiver, for example, Just breathe. Just breathe. Four seconds in, eight seconds out. And then I'll put a scripture or a hymn with that quote, and that's it. And then a place for you to write your thoughts there. It's incredibly simple. 30 seconds. 30 seconds. I wrote a minute for caregivers. Not in 30 seconds. You do 30 seconds and you could pick something up that was. It's going to help you • right now. And it's all out there at my website. Hope for the caregiver.com. if you want more, you can also go out to my substack, which you can link to from the page. • • Substack is an online newsletter, has print, video, • • audio, and I have a huge library out there of things that you can read. • • Uh, or you. By the way, you could do an audio version of it. They'll. It'll read to you, the program will read to you. But. But it's. They're very quick. • • You know, • • I don't spend a lot of time writing these long novels on there that people have to. To struggle through. So it's all out there. Caregiver.substack.com • • • • and if you download the app with it, they'll push it right to your phone so you can get it every time I post something. So anyway, there's the resources out there. Don't, Don't. Don't try to do this by yourself.
Okay? • • I want to switch gears for just a moment, and. And I want to just kind of unburden myself by what has been, uh, if Kamala Harris, you know, to quote her. • • But I. • • I want to say something. I've got this out of my substack, and it's been published in other places. • • • But I want to talk about this thing with Anthony Fauci. We saw this • • a while ago here, where he basically took the. • The fifth 111 times. • • • • • And I want to. From a caregiver standpoint, I just want to throw some thoughts out. Gracie was the first person in our county to get Covid, • • • • • and she was pretty sick with it. I actually got it, but I didn't have any symptoms with it. But she got it, and she was pretty sick with it. • • • • • • • • • For one extraordinary moment, • • • Anthony Fauci had the attention of the entire planet. • • • • I mean, for somebody working in public health that • • you, uh, know epidemiology and infectious disease, you know, that kind of audience is unheard of. • • • • This is a field that, you know, • you normally discuss at laboratories, medical journals and • things like that. And all of a sudden it's in every household. And he's at the center of this thing. • • • He had the credentials and he had the • access and the attention of a frightened world. • • • • • Imagine what he could have done with it. • • • • • And I am willing to believe I used to work in public health, and I am willing to believe that noble aspirations drew him • • into public health. • • • It is an unglamorous work, • • for the most part, performed by people who are concerned with disease prevention, sanitation • • • research, and • all the measures that allow people to live a longer and healthy your life. • • • • • And it's I believe that public health is one of America's noblest forms of stewardship. • • • • • • Yet at public health's most visible and consequential moments, • • • • • • • Americans increasingly saw less of a champion for the calling and more of an • • indefatigable champion • • • for Anthony Fauci. • • • • • Now, large egos • • don't necessarily prevent faithful stewardship, • • • • • • • • • • but a cherished calling can bring even an enormous ego to heal • • • by reminding the steward that the work was never chiefly about him. • • • • • His media choices reinforced that impression that it was about him. • He was familiar on CNN and Ms. LSD Ms. Now • • and • while the country, • • you know, • he was there all the time. • • • • • • But the country's highest rated cable news programs were on Fox. • • But he didn't want to go there. • • • • Now, if persuading skeptical Americans mattered, why not spend at least as much time with the audience most skeptical of him • • and win them over with ideas? • • • • • • I mean, truth doesn't require friendly lighting. • • • • • You know, if you're confident in your work, • • • • • • you should be willing to face hostile questions and answer evidence with evidence. • • I remember talking to my publisher one time • • and I said, we were talking about media stuff and I said I'd go on the View. • • • And they laughed and they said, we wouldn't let you go on the View. And I said, why not? There are caregivers that watch the View. I'd go on the View in a heartbeat. I have no fear of going into any media out. • I don't care if they are avowed atheist, • • because there are caregivers there and I can help. • • • And so I wonder why Fauci didn't have the same approach • • • • to go on Shawn Hannity on a regular basis as much as he did with Raechel Banau. There are more people that watch Shawn Hannity. If he really believes in his message, • then you would think that he would want to go on that show to say, look, no, no, I'm going to win you over. He could have engaged Rand Paul that way. He may not have persuaded Paul, he may not have persuaded millions of Americans, but the public would have watched the exchange • • • and learned from it. Good teachers don • • questions as threats to their authority or, uh, grounds for censorship. • • They use them to explain and clarify and sometimes reconsider. • • • • I remember one time in a theology class, I asked a question, and it was a very good question. It's still a good question 40 something years later. • This is a Bible college, and the professor • • was. He just shut me down • • • • • and. And I had students come up to me afterwards, and they're like, you, you were right on target to ask this question. But the professor wouldn't have any of it. • • • I learned that day what people who are not confident in their position • • • will do, • • and they will shut people down instead of • • engaging in dissent. • • One of the things I admired about Francis Schaeffer was that if you wanted to argue with him, • • • • then he wouldn't give you a lot of time. But if you genuinely were struggling with something, say, look, help me understand this • • and ask good questions. So he'd give you all the time in the world. • • You don't have to be combative. • • • • • But • engaging in dissent and engaging in disagreement, that's how we learn. • And good teachers do that. And he didn't do that. Fauci didn't do that. He basically wanted to be like the Harlem Globetrotters playing • • whatever that hapless team that played the Globetrotters, • • • so he could always come out ahead. But the way you get better is you play against • • people that challenge you, • and you learn how to defend your points better and so forth. So he didn't do that. Americans • • accepted Fauci's guidance because of the authority of his office. • • • At the beginning of this thing, we thought, okay, this is the guy. He knows, we'll listen to him. But over time, if you notice, that gave way to institutional pressure. OSHA, • uh, issued a vaccination or testing mandate • • that covered 84, • • • I don't know, some 84 million workers • • before the supreme court blocked it. While meta, you know, Facebook • • reported moving more than 20 • • million pieces of content and 3,000 accounts pages and groups under its Cove 19 misinformation policies. • • • • Now, Fauci didn't make all those decisions, but they formed the climate in which he told cbs that his critics were really attacking, uh, • • • science because he represented science. His quote was really taking science because I represent science. • • And that's where stewardship • • gives way to something else. • • I'm not an epidemiologist. • My authority to have this conversation • • • comes from • • decades of accompanying my wife through • scores of operations, intensive cares, amputations, complications, and all kinds of consequences. Consequential medical decisions. And there were times where she couldn't speak for herself. And I've watched her medical challenges • confuse, frustrate, frighten, and even humble some of the most skilled surgeons one could hope to meet. • • • And I've also watched those physicians respond by working harder to explain what they saw, • acknowledge what they didn't know, and guide us through their decisions. And we have disagreed at times, we've argued at times, but the respect was mutual. • • • The physicians knew medicine, while I knew Gracie, and good care required both. And those rooms taught me that medical authority does not eliminate questions, but creates an obligation to answer them. • • • Uncertainty, honestly disclosed, earns more trust than certainty. Falsely projected • • • • condescension and concealment have no place in the examination rooms, intensive care, • • • or in public health. • • • • Scripture gives us a, uh, simple standard. It is required of stewards that they be found faithful • • • for a time. • • Fauci's voice, opinions, • • assurances, even his lame jokes traveled around the world. • But the microphone has passed to others, as microphones always • do. • • • • • • And we saw • • • • • • on the stand in front of Congress, a man who had so much to say • • • • was left repeating the same • • words 111 times. • • • • • And he had • • • a pardon. • • • • Now he's. • He's got every constitutional right to invoke the fifth amendment, and doing so is not an evidence of guilt, but the Americans have the right to notice the contrast. • • • • • And he had a pardon. He had a presidential pardon. Went back to 2014. • • • • Would you go to a surgeon • • or doctor for your loved one who had a blanket presidential pardon dating back to before you even saw them? • •
Would you do that? • • • • • Are, uh, you kidding me? I'm not taking Gracie to a surgeon that needs a presidential pardon. • • • • • • • And yet this guy has one. • • • • • • Others are going to have to now rebuild the public's trust in public health. Do you feel trustful of public health now? • • • Do you feel more trustful? Do you feel like public health is really • has your best interest, • • • • • • or • is that going to have to be rebuilt? • • Public health is important to this country. • • • Trust in public health is important. We're going to have more viruses, we're going to have more stuff. • • • • • But the next time it happens, • • how many of us are going to be incredibly resistant to believing these people? • • • • And that is the legacy of this man. • • • • • • And when you have • • • • • • this guy who had the attention of the entire planet • • • and he has a presidential pardon dating back to before most of us even knew who he was, even though he was very much involved in the AIDS • • • crisis, um, • • during the 80s and 90s, and he's been a staple in the federal government. But most people didn't pay attention to this thing until Covid hit. And in our greatest need, • • he stepped up. • • • But now he's got a presidential pardon going all the way back to 2014 • • • before Trump was even on the scene. Why do you suppose that is? • • • I'll leave you with a couple of questions. • • Would you take your loved one to somebody who had a presidential pardon • • covering blanket stuff before you even came on the scene? • • • • Why did he not spend as much time • • sitting down with Shawn Hannity as he did with Raechel Maddow? • • • • • • Those are good questions. • • Those are very good questions. • • • • I don't offer my opinion much. I'd usually do just observations of things. But in this case, I'm going to say that I think he mistook the bright lights for stature. They never made him larger. • • They only magnified • • • his shadow until it fell across the noble calling • • that he was entrusted to serve. • • • • My thoughts. • • We'll be right back. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I see privacy, especially in the context of the Fourth Amendment, just being • • more and more and more and more degraded the higher and more precise these technologies get. And that's a huge constitutional concern. • Does this technology • • require the courts to rethink existing legal standards that just simply aren't adequate enough under the Fourth Amendment to cover this and actually protect privacy? Jenna Ellis in the morning weekdays at 7 Central on American Family Radio. • • • When you look at the fundamental • • priorities • • that this administration has, rebuilding the American • family through the various priorities, • • ensuring religious freedom is alive and well and flourishing in America, having a Department of justice that is actually focused on enforcing the laws of the land, • • I have a hard time disagreeing with any of them. Join Walker Wildmon and Rick Green at the The Core, 1pm Central weekdays on AFR or on the AFR app. • • • • • • • • • • • •
This is the Lost in Translation Ministry Minute. Here now is your host, Dr. Baruch Merrill Corman. • • • • What is the message for us • • of this grammatical construction? Very simple. • • If you are not responding to the truth of God, and I'm speaking now primarily of this great invitation to the kingdom of God, • • the gospel, • • you may say, I'm not interested in that. • I'm not. I'm not going to respond to it. • • I don't care. • Be assured of something. • • • There is a time coming • • • • when you will regret that • • you will want to be • • part of the kingdom of God. But • it's going to be too late. • • • Learn more about the teaching Ministry of Dr. Baruch [email protected] • • you'll find videos on almost any biblical topic on his YouTube page. And on the my Bible study app, that's love israel drill.org. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Welcome back to Hope for the Caregiver. This is Peter Rosenberger. Glad to be with you. Hope for the caregiver.com hopeforthecaregiver um.com • • and I would encourage you to go out there, see what's available for you. Books, music, • • • a link to my substack, a link to Standing with Hope, which is the presenting sponsor of this program. And by the way, we're getting ready to um, celebrate. I think we've done now a thousand • • donated used limbs that we've been able to recycle the parts for. • We partner with an outfit out of Nashville • for 15 years. Next month will be our 15 year anniversary with that • • where inmates help us recycle these prosthetic limbs. • • Pretty cool. • • • • • It's a great program and • • faith, um, • based programs in this system • • • • help uh, • prevent recidivism. • • And you have people that are engaged in things, that are • • doing things that are constructive and have • value and • • • • significant value. And • we work with CoreCivic on this • • uh, as one of their faith based programs for these guys. And it's just an amazing program and I'm very grateful. So 1,000 • • prosthetic limbs that we've done • • and uh, over the years and so • • it's, that's, that's a lot of legs. So you can find out all about that if you want to help support that. We got, we got to ship those parts out. We gotta • • regularly uh, • • do that. And I've got a shipment that I'm putting together and if you want to help us do that, Today's the day. Standingwithhope.com • • giving if you want to go right to it. But it's all there at the website for caregivers. Hope for the caregiver. • • • • • • • • •
All right, um, there's a great line in Tombstone where Val Kilmer playing Doc Holliday, he's getting ready to lay down his cards at a poker game. He says, cover your ears darling. You know, kind of thing. So cover your ears darling. • • I'm, I'm going to say something here that has kind of been weighing on me for about, • • I don't know, four or five, six months. • • And it just, • this is an experience I've had over the years with • • • • this segment of the Christian community. • • • • • • • There was a ice storm • • in a city • this been several months ago • • • and some friends of ours, • • uh, were without power for some time and they took refuge • • • over • • • at uh, another friend. I didn't really know that lady that well • • • known of her For a long time. But. But anyway, our friends were over there at her place, and she had power. She was only without power for about two days. • • • • And • • she made her home available for these other folks to come in, and they were staying with her, and everybody was safe, and it's fine. They all had power, and they were • • doing okay. • • • And I just called a check on them. • • • Now, I've been in times when we've been without power, and it can get pretty gnarly, particularly out here in Montana. • • And so, uh, we've got small generators, but not a big one for the house. I can't afford it just yet. I'm working on it, but I can't just yet. • • • I'm gonna have to, um, do some kind of car wash or bake sale or something for that. • • • But, um, I called these folks, and they had me on speakerphone, • • • and I was just saying, you know, how are you guys doing? How are you guys holding up? And. And they were a little • • frazzled, I guess, but. But again, they're in a place where they have power. They're okay. • • • And the lady that owned the home • • • • • had power. • • • • She was only without it for, you know, two days, but this is • three or four days. After that, • • everybody's okay. • • And I heard her in the background saying, no weapon formed against us shall prosper. • • • • • • • • • And I got to tell you, • • • • • • • • it made me flinch a little bit. I had flashbacks to a lot of the • • • words from the Lord that, • • • • • uh, have been thrown at me and Gracie over the years, and as often are, to people who are dealing with challenges and suffering and heartache and things such as that. • • • And people want to come up and just give you a word from the Lord. But this lady. But it was not just the fact that she wanted to go • • full charismatic on me, which is. • • • • • That's God bless her. • • • • • • • • • • • But the way she did. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. It was an ice storm. • • The power was out. • • • • • • We're not waging a spiritual battle against Jack Frost here, • • you know, and it was just. • I thought. • • • And I didn't. Again, I didn't know her that well. I was on speakerphone. It was a little bit different kind of thing. And I wasn't going to necessarily delve into a proper • • • • exegesis of Scripture • to say, okay, but. But it wasn't. • And I understand the intent, but that doesn't mean that it was properly • • • • utilized. I mean, the scripture is actually from • • • Isaiah, uh, 54, 17. This is in the ESV. No weapon that is fashioned against • • you • shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication for me, declares the Lord. And I understand that now. You have to understand. • Doesn't mean we're not going to get wounded. Doesn't mean we're not going to face difficult things. • • The very son of God • • was wounded and executed on a cross. • • • • • It just means that the weapon will not endure • • • and prevail against this. Okay? And that is the • • • original • • • passage of this. • • Uh, it cannot overturn God's covenant, frustrate his redemptive purposes, or • • reverse his verdict over the people. Okay? That's the thing. • • But again, • • what did that have to do with an ice storm? And I've got a point for all this. What did that have to do with an ice storm? We are not praying against the spirit of Jack Frost here at this thing. It was an ice storm, • • okay? This is not the kind of thing that comes out from prayer and fasting. • •
All right? So. So I. This, uh. I'm talking to my friends and this lady in the background. They're completely safe. The power is on, • and. And she yells out, no weapon formed against the shall prosper. • • • • • Now, why has this gotten under my bonnet? • Why is this particular bee under my bonnet? Why is this burr under my saddle, if that makes you feel better, since I live in Montana? And I'll tell you why. • • • • Because it's that type of thinking • • • over the years • • • that I have dealt with • • for more people • who just spout off stuff, • • they take things out of context. • They proclaim words of the Lord over people • • • and. • • • All right, look, y', all, don't repeat what I'm about to tell you, okay? And I mean this. You, uh, just keep this quiet. • • • • • • But they look crazy when they're doing it. • • • • I mean, • • come on. • • • • Do you know what people think of the South? • • They think we're all a bunch of hillbillies down there in the south, • okay? That, you know, we all wear overhauls and so forth. I mean, I reinforced that one time when I was out snowmobiling out here, and Gracie and I came across, • • • uh, there's an old cabin way up in the forest, and Gracie and I and the boys were out on snowmobiles. Well, she had been wearing boots, • • • and the boots kept falling off the runners of the snowmobile. So she said, I got an idea. I'm going to wear a tennis shoe. So the next day we went out. She's wearing a snowsuit, helmet, helmet, gloves, all that kind of stuff. But then she's wearing Tennis shoes. Well, it's not like her feet get cold. • • • And • so we're out there • • and these guys come across the hill and they're from nearby Bozeman, and they are decked out. I mean, they are beautiful. They look like they came out of a commercial for • • snowmobiles that was on ESPN or something. I mean, just everything was gleaming. And so we're just talking to them • • and • • they look over at us and they kept looking at Gracie's feet and they're caked with snow and she's wearing tennis shoes. • • • • And • you know, it's 10 degrees out there, 2ft of snow, 3ft of snow up there in the high country. • • • And finally one of them worked up the courage and said, where are you guys from? • • And I looked at Gracie's feet and I said, • • we from Tennessee. • • • • • Never told them any different. • • • • To this day, they think we only got one pair of shoes. • • But anyway, so • • I. • • • • They had no idea that she had two prosthetic legs. For those of you in McDonkin that are listening, that don't know what I'm talking about, but • • • • • • • the point was I just reinforced the stereotype. Well, then another time, I remember we were out here, this is decades and decades ago. And • the DirecTV • • • that we had out here for cable, the ABC affiliate was Nashville. • • • Okay. And so it was, uh, WKRN in Nashville. That was the ABC affiliate that you watched on DirecTV. So you'd be out here watching. I'm watching local news in Nashville when I was out here. • • Uh, and again this back in the 90s, • • • • well, one time there was, you know, an inch of snow coming to Nashville. • • And • • the hysteria was breathtaking. • • • • And • • • • somebody got • • the idea to go over to the local grocery store, it was Kroger, • • and put a camera. One of the news crews, they put a camera • • into • • the cart and got it from the cart's perspective as people were, you know, • madly scrambling to get bread, toilet paper, • milk and • • • • eggs off of the shelves. I don't know why people have to go to the bathroom so much and have French toast while the snowstorm comes. But that's. But here we are. • • So • • they're doing this. And for 10 minutes, • • 10 minutes, the opening of a 30 minute news segment was about the 1 inch of snow coming to Nashville and the panic that ensued. • • And so the next morning, the local rancher down here took us up snowmobile. And he would go up there. He groomed the trails. He was in his 70s at the time. He ended up doing it till he's almost 90. He was about 85, six or so when he stopped snowmobiling up there. • • • And he comes, • • um, on his machine up to the driveway, and we're going to go out in the forest, and he's going to go out there with Gracie and me and the kids. • • • • And again, • feet of snow, • • • 10 degrees, whatever. • • • And he looked at me and he said, well, I saw the news last night. You guys got some weather in Tennessee. • • • • • • • • • • • One inch of snow. And it's as if Hee Haw wasn't bad enough. • • Well, that's the way I feel like when I hear • • • these people • in the Christian community who spout off these things • • and they're just talking nonsense. • • • No weapon formed against me shall prosper. It's an ice storm. The power went out. • • • • This is not spiritual bondage and oppression and a spiritual attack • that the power went out because of an ice storm. You had a lot of trees. The power lines went down. It's called physics. • • • • • And. And I think that there's this • rush to the ridiculous. • • • And I've seen this. And, uh, the reason it chat me so much. • • • • • Does it sound like I'm chapped? Am I being too. Am, uh, I being too harsh? • • No, I don't think so. I think we could go more. • Is because I have seen this same mentality • • • wielded against those who suffer, • • • who truly suffer. • • • And people come up with the craziest things to tell people • • • • • • and do nothing to encourage them, do nothing to lift their spirits, do nothing to do anything other than just spout off nonsense. And to a world that is hurting, to a world that is dealing with serious issues. • • • • • • • • • • • • • I can only imagine what they look like those people did, looking at Gracie's shoes covered with snow • • • • out there with tennis shoes. They think we're crazy. • • • You know, what's the matter with you people? • • • • You know, And • • • • • • • • I would have us be better. • • I would have us be smarter.
I would have us be more • doctrinally sound. • • You know, • • • there's a real difference between revelation • and illumination. And some people will claim a revelation from God, • • • but then you're adding to Scripture, • you're going down that path where it's okay to be illuminated. Say, you know, I really saw this for the first time in Scripture, and I saw the context and so forth, • • and that's. That's one thing. But these people that come out here and just the Lord told me, or no weapon formed against us when it's just an ice storm. • • And I thought, • • • wow, • • • we've got to do better than this. • • We've got to. We got to call people on this, we got to train people. We got to educate people. • • • • So you'll have to pardon me if I get on a soapbox, but I let that percolate for about four or five months • • before I brought that one out. Okay. I just • • waited to the heat of the summer • • • because it just. • • • It frosted me. • • • • • • And I thought, oh, my goodness, we've got to do better than this. • • • And all of this, of course, is in the context with my fellow caregivers where I see people putting undue burdens and they couch it at all this crazy God talk. • • • Now we got to do better. Let's lift people's eyes and lift their hearts, lift their heads, clean the window so they can see the mountains better. You know, • that's • • my • thoughts. This is Peter Rosenberger. This is Hope for the caregiver. Hopeforthecaregiver.com we'll be right back with our hymn that Every Caregiver Ought to know. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I'll never forget walking into the hospital room after Gracie had her second amputation. Both legs are gone now. And she looked at me. She said, I know what I'm going to do. And I was kind of startled. What are you going to do? • • She said, I'm going to help provide prosthetic limbs to my fellow amputees and tell them about Jesus. • And I said, well, baby, can we get out of the hospital first? • • • She never let it go. And for almost 20 years, we've been working out of Ghana, West Africa. We treat patients all over there from other countries that come there. We send supplies, we send teams, we sponsor patients. We work with a prison where inmates volunteer to disassemble used prosthetic limbs so we can recycle the parts. All of this because Gracie trusted God with her heartache. We've got a huge shipment of supplies that is being loaded up right now to go out soon. Would you help us do it? Standingwithope.com giving standingwithhope.com giving there's prosthetic feet, knees, pylons, sleeves, adapters, all kinds of connectors. All of these things we are sending over there so that people can walk. We're going to point them to Christ. Help us out. Standingwithhope.com Giving scripture is very clear on these subjects. • God created us in his image as male and female lgbt. • • D Tttti Q. Q the issues are unavoidable. They're on the news. I did not have a chance to comment on how good the White House looked in rainbow colors. A lot of the, • um, activism we're seeing right now, • it's primarily driven by, uh, ideology. • • I ran into this group of people, • • • um, that • were just on fire for Jesus. And all of a sudden, I looked over at this man setting to my. I left and I said, I need to know Jesus like you all know Jesus. • • And I was truly changed. • • And so on the way home, this girl that I was with, that I'd been parting with, said, • • well, does this mean you're not going to be gay anymore? • • And I said, I guess it means whatever • Jesus has for me in his image explores God's plan for gender and sexuality. • [email protected]. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Welcome back to Hope for the Caregiver. This is Peter Rosenberger. We're continuing on in our journey of all things caregiver related on our efforts as family caregivers to stay strong and healthy as we take care of someone who • • is not. We've covered a lot of ground today, • • • uh, from cleaning windows to Anthony Fauci to. • • • How do I say this on the last block because I'll probably get some letters • and people be upset with me. But • • • • • • how about this? How about we just aim for more • • doctrinal • precision? You know, precision is the key here. Are we. Are we really • • understanding what the scriptures are saying? Are we just slinging things around? • • You know, because it, you know, that, oh, this, you know, this sounds good. You know, no weapon formed against me when the power goes out during an ice storm. • • • • You know, • • • • um, there's a great phrase • that I grew up • • understanding. Some of you will understand what I'm about to tell you, but sometimes I look at folks when they say these things, and I say, • • • bless your heart. • • But • • anyway, • speaking of doctrinally precise. Okay, number one on precision, I got it wrong last week because my friend that requests a song, • I. He said, hallelujah, what a savior. Well, I went to a man of sorrows. Um, what a name for the. The son of God who came to save. And then at the end, it is Hallelujah, what a savior. Well, that's not the hymn he was referring to that he works out with as he's doing rehab. He was doing the other one, which is Jesus, what a friend of sinners. • And then the chorus is • • Hallelujah, what a savior. Hallelujah, what a friend. So I'm going to do that. We've done this • months and months and months and months ago on our hymn that every caregiver ought to know. But you know what? It bears repeating. And since he requested it, Micah, here it is for you. • • • So this tune • • was, uh, written by A young Welsh guy. • • Uh, his name was • • Roland • • • Pritchard. He was. He was like 19 or 20 years old when he wrote this thing. I mean it was ah, this tune. • • And I can't speak Welsh. Welsh is a • strange language. • • Um, but it's. He published this in a collection of. For children, uh, 1844. • • • Um, • • • • • • • • • • which I can figure out what cantorian was, the singer's friend, • • • um, Cantor, you know. But anyway, the singer's friend. • And the Welsh word hyphradol • • means • • something the effect of pleasant or delightful or tuneful. And it's the Tunis heiferdal. • • And then we've used this for a lot of hymns in the church. One of them is the. The first one I ever heard was the Advent hymn • • Come Thou Long Expected Jesus. • • Um, but then • • the words for this particular hymn came much later. A guy named • J. • • Wilbur Chapman. • • And he was a Presbyterian pastor and an evangelist. • • Uh, you don't see a lot of those • • • • • who. Uh. He preached alongside DL Moody • • • and • • he employed Billy Sunday • • • • as kind of • • • in his evangelistic efforts and so forth. And Billy Sunday • • went on to this • • under his ministry • • led a young man to the Lord named Billy Graham. • • So, • • uh, anyway, so • • J. Uh, • Wilbur Chapman, and he wrote the text • • • 1910, under the title Our Great Savior. • • There was no crisis that we know of that that • • spawned this hymn. I mean he just wrote it. Uh, it was doctrinally very, very precise and strong. And I think we used to have a lot of theologians that would write our hymns. • • • • And • • • that's what we've gotten away from. We haven't really • • • identified it as such. But a lot of the • • Christian music that you hear today is not written by theologians. • • • • • It's written by people that are • • good songwriters, • • but they're not theologians. • • And theologians used to write all of our text and they would put it to prose that we can remember. It's compact • theology is what a hymn is. • • • It's stating • • • with great clarity and in a very concise way • • • • what you believe, what we believe, what we confess, • • • um, and great spiritual truth. Some of them may not be doctrinally very sound. • And there are a lot of um, hymns that are • • • flight driven, you know, as soon as we get out of here we can be happy kind of thing. • • • • You get a lot of those • • highway, uh, • • to heaven hymns. And • • • • • those are good. I mean I like a lot of them, you know, when we all get to heaven, you know, that kind of thing. But sometimes we spend so much time thinking about that we. • We forget to be where we are in the moment • • • of we, uh, have work to do here. • • • • And this is one of those hymns • that • • anchor us theologically • • on what's going on here right now. And how do we live. How do we live for this day? I mean, I. I think we all look forward to getting to heaven, • but, • • you know, • • • • I. • I can't process that right now. I have responsibilities as a caregiver right now. So how do I deal with this? So let's go to the caregiver keyboard. • • • • • • •
Okay, Here we are at the caregiver keyboard. I made the long trick. • • • • • • • So the. The hymn as it's written, key of F. • • • • • • It was pretty simple. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • And then, um. • • • • • So it's pretty simple. Hymn, beautiful little tune. Like I said, he wrote it as a pleasant tune. That's kind of what it means. High for doll. • • • • • • • • • • Uh, it's. But there's a lot of opportunity for some • • • • • • • embellishment, if you will. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Okay, so that's what I do. And imagine if you play it slower, because, again, a lot of people will plunk these things out. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Well, I don't play it that way • because think about what you're saying. Jesus, • • • • what • • • • • a friend • • • • for sinners • • • • • • Jesus, • lover of • • • my soul and again, • this is for caregivers. This is him that caregivers ought to know. So if you're in the middle of doing laundry, if you're cleaning up, • • um, the kitchen, or if you are, • • you know, • • you're holding a toilet brush, you know, you're changing a dressing, not the same time, okay? Make sure your hands are clean and all that kind of stuff. • • • You all know the drill. But think about what you think about your life every day as a caregiver. If you • • have been going six rounds with somebody that you love who is being impaired by dementia or • • drugs and alcohol or whatever, • and you've just. It's not turned out real well, • and you walk away for a moment just to let off some steam, and you're just frustrated. • So • • • what if you came back to this song? • • • • • • • Friends may fail me • • • • • • • • • • • • foes a sale. • I mean, I can't even get through that because now it means something to us, doesn't it? • • • • • • • He must say • • your makes • • • • • • • me whole. Now this. • That's gospel right there. He makes me whole. That's the good news. • And good theology always, • • • always leads to a doxology. And here's the doxology. • • • • • • Hallelujah, • • • • • • what a savior • • • • Hallelujah • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Saving, • • helping keep keeping loving • • • • • • • • • • he is with • • me to • • • • • • the end now think about what we just sang there. Hallelujah what a savior Hallelujah what a friend • • Saving, helping, keeping, loving. Now what does that come from? • Where does that, where do you find that • • • he who began • • a good work in you is faithful to complete it to the day of Christ Jesus. Paul said that • • Jude says now unto him who is able to, • • • • um, • • • keep you from falling. Do you see this now? • Do you see the tie in of what this is? That's the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. For those of you playing along at home. That's what that means. If he could save you, he could keep you. • • • • • That's the whole point. And that's where our assurance comes in. This is compact theology. • • I mean, • • • on steroids here, because you're. • You just said a mouthful • there.
And then, • • • um, let's head over to verse three. • • Jesus, what • • • • • • • • • • • • a helping sorrow • • • • • • • • • While the billows • • • • • over • • • • me rolled. I think this was written after it as well, • • • • but not totally sure, but I think so. While the billows over me roll. When sorrows like sea billows roll. • • • • • A lot of billows were rolling. • A lot of billows are rolling for us today, aren't they? • • • Do you see? Do you see the tie in Jesus, what a help in sorrow. So remember, we're caregivers. • • We're looking • • • • into a hospital room at this point. • We're standing in the corner of hospital room. We're waiting in the waiting room. We're going to ICU again. • • • • Or we're in the dark watches of the night. Or maybe you're in the hospital parking lot all by yourself just having a meltdown. • • • • Or maybe you're in the laundry room with piles of dirty laundry. • • • Maybe you're cleaning the kitchen. Maybe you're making a meal. • Maybe you're just tired and you're just sitting there and you're watching somebody struggle to breathe. • • • I've heard so many • • • • • things from fellow caregivers and seen in my own life, the, the. The list of sorrows just • • • • • • • seems to • • stretch on beyond the horizon. • • • • But then look, • • • • • • • Jesus, what • • • • • • • • • • • a help in those sorrows that seem to stretch on beyond the horizon. • • • • • • • • While the billows • • • • • • • over • • • • me roll. • • • • • • • • This is for us as caregivers right here. This, this line. • • Even • • • • • • when • • • • • • • my heart • • • • • is breaking, • • • • • • • • • he my comfort helps • • • my soul. • • And then you just can't help but go to that course. • • • • • • Hallelujah, • • • • • • what a savior. • • • • • • Hallelujah. The model friend, • • • • • • • • • • • • Saving, • keeping, • • • helping, loving. • • • • He • • • with • • • me to • • • • • the • • M. And that is our hymn this week that every caregiver ought to know. • • We're out of time. The hymn is Jesus, • what a friend of sinners. And you go check it out and take some time to look at the text and see what it says. Slow it down when you sing it. It's part of our series of hymns that every caregiver ought to know. I enjoy this time with you, and I thank you for spending it with me. • • You can follow me at my substack Caregiver. Substack. Com. You can go out to hopeforthecaregiver. Com and if you see at the top there, click on that donate button and say, you know what? I want to help support this show. A lot of people need to hear it. I want to help do it. So thank you for that. Hopeforthecaregiver. Com. This is Peter Rosenberger. We'll see you next time. • • • •
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(06:45) Montana caregiver cleans windows to help patient see mountains amid smoke
(10:00) Without people like you, American Family Radio would not exist
(12:40) Peter Rosenberger offers resources to help caregivers when they're overwhelmed
(14:57) Francis Schafer: Anthony Fauci should have gone on Sean Hannity
(23:16) Walker Wildman: Others are going to have to rebuild trust in public health
(26:32) What is the message for us of this grammatical construction? Very simple
(27:39) Peter Rosenberger is the founder of Hope for the Caregiver
(29:13) Jack Frost: Some Christian friends were without power during an ice storm
(33:19) Do you know what people think of the South? They stereotype hillbillies
(38:58) Peter Rosenberger: There's a difference between revelation and illumination
(42:39) Peter Rosenberger: How about we aim for more doctrinal precision in Christian music
(47:49) This hymn is for caregivers, but there's a lot of embellishment
(51:20) Peter Rosenberger shares a hymn that every caregiver should know
(00:00) Hope for the Caregiver is aimed at helping family caregivers with chronic disabilities
(06:45) Montana caregiver cleans windows to help patient see mountains amid smoke
(10:00) Without people like you, American Family Radio would not exist
(12:40) Peter Rosenberger offers resources to help caregivers when they're overwhelmed
(14:57) Francis Schafer: Anthony Fauci should have gone on Sean Hannity
(23:16) Walker Wildman: Others are going to have to rebuild trust in public health
(26:32) What is the message for us of this grammatical construction? Very simple
(27:39) Peter Rosenberger is the founder of Hope for the Caregiver
(29:13) Jack Frost: Some Christian friends were without power during an ice storm
(33:19) Do you know what people think of the South? They stereotype hillbillies
(38:58) Peter Rosenberger: There's a difference between revelation and illumination
(42:39) Peter Rosenberger: How about we aim for more doctrinal precision in Christian music
(47:49) This hymn is for caregivers, but there's a lot of embellishment
(51:20) Peter Rosenberger shares a hymn that every caregiver should know
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